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    • On Ball Defenders
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    • Offensive Player Hooks Defender with Off Arm
    • Offensive Player Veering into Defender
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  • Other Fouls
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    • Other Fouls by Offensive Players
      • Offense Initiated Contact – On Ball
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  • Flagrant Fouls
    • Flagrant Foul, Penalty 1
      • Flagrant 1’s by offensive players
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    • Flagrant Foul, Penalty 2
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  • Technical Fouls
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      • Overt Gestures
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      • Taunting
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      • Dead-ball contact
      • Throwing/Kicking Ball into the Stands
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  • Traveling
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      • Traveling on the Perimeter
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  • Violations
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      • Flopping Penalty
      • Not a Flopping Penalty
    • Free Throw Violations
    • Offensive 3 Seconds
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Goaltending, defensive player contacts the ball by coming up through the rim

20_VI_031_Seq_GAntetokounmpo_vo

Goaltending, defensive player contacts ball using rim as lower base, still has opportunity to score

20_VI_037_Seq_MMorris_vo

Goaltending, defensive player contacts the ball while it is in the cylinder

20_VI_041_Seq_CAnthony_vo

Goaltending, defensive player contacts ball in cylinder, bouncing on rim, Not using rim as lower base

20_VI_038_Seq_JButler_vo

Goaltending, defensive player contacts the rim while ball still has an opportunity to score

20_VI_039_Seq_KPorter_vo

OBI, offensive player contacts ball on downward flight with opportunity to score

20_VI_044_Seq_Gobert_vo

OBI, offensive player contacts the ball while it is within the cylinder

20_VI_043_Seq_Biyombo_vo

OBI, offensive player pulls rim down while ball still has opportunity to score

20_VI_042_Seq_Nance_vo

OBI, offensive player catches lob pass in the cylinder

20_VI_045_Seq_Clarke_vo_2

Illegal Assist to Score violation, offensive player grabs rim while touching ball

20_VI_046_Seq_MPorter_vo_3

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